Imbombo incha Vasuhwa 3
1 Pakhuva u Petro nu Yohana vavile vilola khutembile osekhe ugwa khwesaya, akhasekhe akha saa tisa.
[One day] Peter and John were going to the Temple [courtyard]. It was three o’clock in the afternoon, which was the time when people prayed [there publicly].
2 Umunu uyonge, ondema okhuma okhukholiwa, alekhupapiwa osikhu jonii alekhugona pa ndyango ugwatembile onony palekhuhuma khudova enekhelo iya vanu avavalekhuluta khutembile.
There was a man there who had been lame from the time he was born. He [was sitting by] the gate called Beautiful [Gate], at the entrance to the Temple [area]. People put him there every day, so that he could ask those who were entering [or leaving] the temple courtyard to give him some money.
3 Upwavawene uPetro nu Yohana vale pakhufikha pa tembile, akhadova enekhelo.
As Peter and John were about to enter [the Temple courtyard], the lame man saw them and asked them several times to give him some money. (OR, The lame man said to them several times, “Please give me some money!”)
4 U Petro, vuikasya amikho, paninee nu Yohana, akhanchovile, “Utulolage ofwe.”
As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, “Look at us!”
5 Ondema akhavalola, akhakhuvela okhupewa ekhenu ukhuhumya khu mwene.
So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some [money] from them.
6 Ulwakhu uPetro akhanchovile, “Ikhela nulutalama one nelevo vole, pakhuva ekhenelenakhyo nikhumwa ulwomwe. ukhugendela nditawa elwa Yesu Klisiti uvakhu Nazarethi, gendaga.”
Then Peter said to him, “I do not have any money [MTY], but what I [can do], I will [do] for you. Jesus Christ, [who was] from Nazareth [town], has authorized [MTY] me [to heal you! So get up and] walk!”
7 U Petro akhatola khukhevoho khwa mwene khwandwa, akhapemba khukwanya: Usekhe gumuamalunde ga mwene ififundo ifwa machege agavene fikhapatile amakha.
Then Peter grasped the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
8 Akhanyelile khukyanya, umunu ondema akhemile nu khutengula ughugenda; akhingela mutembile pupaninie nu Petro nu Yohana, vu igenda, vuinyela, nu khuginwya uNguluve.
He jumped up and began to walk! Then he entered the Temple [area] with them, walking and leaping and praising God!
9 Avanu voni vakhambwene vo igendo nu khuginwya uNguluve.
All the people [there] saw that man walking and praising God.
10 Vakhalumanya vemunu ula uvekhale idova enekhelo pandwango ononu ngwa tembile, vakhadenchiwe nukhuswiga ulwa khuva ekhekhakhumile khumwene.
They recognized that he was the man who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate in the Temple [courtyard] and ask [people] for money! So all the people there were greatly amazed at what had happened to him.
11 Ulwa khuva avibatelile oPetro nu Yohana, avanu voni pupaniniye vakhanyilelile khulinyumba elwa Sulemani, vakhaswiga sana.
As the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were so surprised [that they did not know what to think] So they ran to the two apostles at the place [in the Temple courtyard] that is called {that [people] call} Solomon’s Porch.
12 U Petro avile alewene ele, '“Omwene vanu vakhu Israeli, pakhuva khekhi muswigaa? Pakhuva khekhi mukhelekha amikho genyo khulwumwene nu vuchaji weto?”.
When Peter saw that, he said to the crowd, “Fellow Israelites, (you should not be surprised about what has happened to this man!/why are you so surprised about what has happened to this man?) [RHQ] And you should not stare at us, either! You seem to [RHQ] think that the two of us enabled this man to walk because we [(exc)] ourselves are powerful or because we please God very much!
13 U Nguluve va Ibrahimu, nu va Isaka, nu va Yakobo, uNguluve uva Dada veto, amwinule ombombi va mwene u Yesu. Oyo ve mwene mukhambekhile nu khubela pa mikho aga Pilato, ulwa khuva umwene akhapangile ukhumbekha mwavukhe.
[So I will tell you what is really happening]. Our ancestors, including Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, worshipped God. And now he has greatly honored Jesus, who always served him. Your [leaders] brought Jesus [to the governor, Pilate], so that [his soldiers would kill him]. And [God considers that] in front of Pilate you [were the ones who rejected] Jesus [as your king], after Pilate had decided that he should release Jesus.
14 Mukhabelile umbalanche nu vayelweli, pakhuva mukhanogilwe ukhuta ubudi avekhiwe mwavukhe.
[Although Jesus] always did what was right/just and good, you rejected him. [Pilate wanted to release him, but] you urgently asked Pilate to release (a murderer/someone who had killed people)!
15 Umwe mukhabudile unkuludeva uvawumi, uvekha nchusinche uNguluve ukhukhuma khuva nchukhile - Ufwe fwe vemelenehi va ele.
[God considers that] you killed [Jesus], the one who gives people [eternal] life. But God has greatly honored him (by causing him to become alive again after he died/by raising him from the dead). Many of us saw [him after that, and now] we [(exc)] are telling [you] about it.
16 Leno, khu lwidiko ndi tawa lwa mwene, umunu uyo uvemu khumanya nukhumbona, avombiwe ukhuva na maha. Ulwidiko ulalugendela mwa Yesu lupile umwene eafya endagafu, khuvulongo khulwumwe mwe voni.
It is because [we two] trusted in what Jesus [MTY, PRS] [could do, that he] made this man, whom you see and know, strong again. Yes, it is because we [(exc)] trusted in Jesus that he has completely healed this man for all of you to see.”
17 Leno, valokolo, nelomanyile ukhuta mwavombile mbukonyofu, vuvakhavombile na valongonchi venyoo.
“Now, my fellow-countrymen, I know that you and your leaders did that [to Jesus] because you [and they] did not know [that he was the Messiah].
18 Pakhuva imbombo inchakhavavulile u Nguluve na mbeve mu milomo ugwa valagunchi vavoo, ukhuta u Klisiti ayiteswkha, leno agamalile.
However, [your putting him to death] was what God had predicted that people would do. [Long ago] he told all the prophets [MTY] to write [what people would do to the Messiah. They wrote] that the Messiah, whom God [would send], would suffer [and die].
19 Ulwa khuva, pelaga nu khuswelukha, ili imbivi nchenyo nchikhenchiwe khabisa, ukhuta khinche akhasekhe akhwe nemela ukhukhumana nu vuwepo uwa mbaha.
So, turn away from your sinful behavior and ask God [to help you] do what pleases [him], in order that he may completely forgive you for your sins.
20 Ulwa khuva iwesya ukhusuha u Klisiti uyachagoliwe khu lugendo lwenyo, Yesu.
[If you do that], there will be times [when you will know that] the Lord [God is] helping [you]. And some day he will [again] send back [to earth] the Messiah, whom he appointed for you. That person is Jesus.
21 Ulwa khuva umwene vevikhupokhela khukyanya impakha akhasekhe akhakhukhelekha ivinu vwoni, ulwa khuva uNguluve akhanchoovile khusana ne milomo egwa vala gunchi avavalanche. (aiōn g165)
Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when God will cause all that he has created to become new. Long ago God promised [to do that, and] he chose holy prophets to tell [that to people]. (aiōn g165)
22 Ulwa khuva uMusa ahanchovile, 'Umbakha u Nguluve alambikha undagunchii ndone ukhukhuma khuvalokolo l wencho. Mukhopulekhencha khelakhenu ekheyava ikhu vavula umwe.
For [example, the prophet] Moses said [this about the Messiah]: ‘The Lord (your God/the God whom you [worship]) will cause someone to become a prophet to tell you [God’s message. God will send him] as [he sent] me, [and he will be] from among your own people. You must listen to everything that this prophet tells you [and obey him] [SYN].
23 Yayikhumele ukhuta umunu uyu sikhupulekhencha undogunchii ayiteswa nukhubeliwa pa vanu.'
[Those who] do not listen to [that prophet and obey] him will no longer belong to God’s people, and [God] will get rid of them’.”
24 Lweli, na valagunchi vooni ukhukhuma khwa Samweli nava khakongile pasana pamwene, vakhanchovile nu khwenesya isikhu inchii.
[Peter continued], “All the prophets have told [about what would happen during] the time [MTY] [in which we(inc) are living. Those prophets include] Samuel [and all the others who] later also spoke [about these events] before they happened.
25 Umwe mulevana va valagunchii nulwedikho u Nguluve avombile paninie na vakukhu, ndulwa khanchoovile hwa Abrahamu, 'Mu mbeyu eyako inyumba ne hooni incha nkelunga nchikhwinohiwa.'
You [as well as we(exc)] are the people [to whom God sent the Messiah, as] the prophets said [MTY] [that he would]. And when God strongly promised [to bless] our ancestors, he also surely promised to bless you. He said to Abraham [concerning the Messiah], ‘[I] will bless all people on the earth as a result of [what] your descendant [will do].’”
26 Pakhuva uNguluve amwimvile ombombi va mwene, akhasung'a khulwumwe lale, ili avasaye umwe nukhu badelikha ukhukhuma khumbivi nchenyo.”
[Peter concluded], “[So] when God sent [to the earth] (Jesus, the one who always obeys him/his servant Jesus), he sent him first to you [Israelites] to bless you. [God will] enable you to stop doing what is wicked [and to start doing what pleases him].”
